The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, May 14, 1914, Page 7, Image 7
MANY TOWNS I>KSTROYEI>.
Dead are Numbered at 17;*, While A
350 Are Injured in Upheaval.
Catania. Sicily. May 9.?A great
earthquake last night brought death 1<
and destruction to many villages near ti
Mount Etna. The number of dead up h
to to-night was officially placed at tl
173, with about 350 injured. A large ti
part of the devastated territory has c<
not been inspected.
The) affected zone extends from tl
Zaffarana, the highest village on si
Mount Etna, to the sea between Aci tl
Reale on the south and Giarre on o
the north. It includes Linera, the p
center or tne aisturDance, rxsa.uu duu >
Santa Vernina. In Linera alone. 110 ii
_ persons were killed and 300 injured, e'
In Bongiardo, 13 dead and 27 in- n
jured, hava been taken from the tl
ruins. At Consintini, 16 were killed h
and many injured. At Passo Palmo, b
two persons were killed;' at Malati, o
. v twelve; at Santa Veneria, six; Santa tl
Tecia, two; Santa Mari^ Virginie. ii
eight; Arbiti, four. lc
These villages and many smaller c;
places were leveled. e
The entire district to-day presented
a spectacle of desolation, ruin and tl
death. Many of the injured had not p
y been taken from the debris. All tl
train service had been abandoned c<
owing to the collapse of bridges, u
broken track and obstructed tunnels, n
For centuries this section has suf- p
fered from earthquakes, owing to the is
activity of Mount Etna. Yet it is w
thickly populated as the land is fer- o
i tile, vineyards growing with little at- G
A tention..
Bodies Lying in I load. k
At the central point of the dis- h
turbance dozens of bodies were lying b
along the* roads, many so badly lc
crushed they were unrecognizable. I1
The injured lay in the open, awaiting 11
assistance.
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Where Linera stood is a mass of
ruins. Those houses which did not ^
collapse entirely were so broken as ^
to emphasize the completeness of the ^
disaster. The village consisted of
about 800 inhabitants. Most of the a
people escaped because the shock oc- 11
curred when the men and some of the 11
women were working in the fields.
From the vineyards, they saw their u
houses falling and when they arriv- e
ed, breathless, at their homes, they
found only wreckage, with some of
their people buried beneath it. 3
This accounts for the fact that
most of the victims at Linera were
women and children.
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Gen. Trabucchi and Moccagatte l
are in command of the work of t<
rescue, which is being taken up
vigorously by soldiers, firemen, po- sj
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1 icemen and Ked cross volunteers, n
It is expected, however, that weeks b
will pass before the full extent of the s'
* disaster can be ascertained; as it is t<
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believed many peasants are buried g
underneath their homes In the isolat- w
ed country districts. p
Shock at Catania. t<
At Catania, the strongest shock t]
lasted six seconds. Electric lights a
~ were extinguished and the street rail- S(
ways were put out of service. Peo- B
pie were washed from the houses,
shops and cafes. Many jumped into
boats and others crowded into the 11
T . "P
squares. At the hospitals patients ^
?- Tan to the court yards imploring help. B
" * Many pitiful episodes occurred. At u
Bonglardo, an old woman, the only 0
survivor of a family of eighteen, re- ^
entered a half wrecked house .to ^
search for her grand children. She ^
returned with a little girl alive and d
rushed in again. Almost immediate- n
ly the house collapsed, burying her e
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, Under tne wrecnage.
T i
At Consentini, a young soldier who
should have left Thursday on his return
to Libya, obtained a leave of
absence for three days to witness the s
marriage of his sister, which was to
have occurred Sunday. He is among
the victims.
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Monsignor Vigo, Bishop of Aci e
Reale. remained for twenty-four q
hours in attendance on the injured t]
villagers. a
Refugees declare that the loss is 0
as great as in the Messina disaster of ^
1908.
ALLEGED CROOK CAUGHT. ?
tl
E. J.' Harrison Arrested by Police at p
Greenville. ^
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Greenville, May 11.?E. J. Harr
rison, said to have swindled milliners
in all parts of the United States, and
for whom a liberal reward has been
w
offered, was arrested here late to- b
day by the local police. Harrison, it
a
is said, had sold two local milliners
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a years subscription to a popular
periodical. A well-known publishers' .
association in New York city, which
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has offered a reward for Harrison's
arrest, was telegraphed concerning
the arrest to-night.. j
Harrison is of neat appearance and
was arrested at the leading hotel
here..
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The world's largest mechanical tiltration
plant is under construction at ^
St. Louis, to purify the city's water aj
supply from the Mississippi River. P
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on: MAN Y Sl PKIiSTITIONS.
ibout. :?.ooo of Them Affecting Our
Daily Life.
After Dr. Fletcher Basooni Dress?r
got through with his investigaions
and the University of California
ad published them, it was apparent
hat there are some 3.000 superstiions
distributed among about 4"> per
ent of the population.
Pretty nearly everything under
lie sun seems to be connected with
ame superstition, from an owl to
:ie hem of your skirt. Never hear
f either? Well, if your skirt hapens
to be turned up at the bottom,
ou can be sure some one is thinklg
of you. You can, however, make
very one think more, especially the
ipn. if vou wear a slit skirt. As for
ie owl, if it should come into the
ouse trouble is sure to follow. The 1
est thing to do when you expect an [
wl is to put all the cut glass into |
ae china closet and the china closet
lto the dining room closet and then
>ck that closet. For the owl. you
an use anything, a broom is genrally
pretty handy.
The first time pigs cross your
ireshold make them jump over your
ants belt, or your wife's garter, or
ie maid's apron. Then they will
Dme home regularly. A plan now in
se among up-to-date American farlers
is to keep the pigs in regular
ens and feed them twice a day. It
? regarded as a scheme more popular
-ith the wife and the maid. The
ther way is recorded as being a
erman one.
If there are white horses in the
arn good luck is due to come to the
ouse. That's a German stunt, too,
ut the United States has shown of
ite a marked preference for gray
orses?since about the time when
; was discovered that if you met a
ed-haired girl you'll meet a white
orse. The red-haired girls lately
ave changed, so that the. white
orse has disappeared, too. But
~e're going strong now on grays.
It is bad luck to hear a dog bark
t night. This superstition has been
ound to depend on circumstances:
: is a matter of whose dog. If it's
he dog next door, the best thing to
se is a flatiron. but a good aim is
ven more valuable.
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MME NORDICA DIKS.
'oted American Singer Contracted
Pneumonia.
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Batavia, Java, May 10.?Madame
illian Nordica, the singer, died here
>-night.
Lillian Nordica was an American
inger of world-wide fame. Her adlirers
ranged from the men of the
lowery section of New York, where
he had sung at mission meetings,
? the most critical box holders of
rand opera houses in all of the
-orld's great musical centres. The
urity of her voice employed in many
ungues, had delighted hundreds of
housands since the day, 40 years
go, she first appeared in public as
oprano soloist at Grace church in
;oston.
Nordica and Eames?although the
itter was born of American parents
i far off China?were of old i\ew
Ingland stock, both claimed by the
tate of Maine, and they made up a \
otable American contribution to the
peratic world. A farm house built
y the prima donna's great grandither
011 a hill just outside the viltge
of Farmington, Maine, was Norica's
birthplace, in 1859. Her true
ame was Lillian Norton. She changd
it to the Italian, Nordica, 20 years
iter when she began to study in
taly for an operatic career.
SMALL BOY PREACHED.
ix Year Old Attracts Crowd in Walterboro.
Walterboro, May 9.?A large audi- I
nee Thursday night, heard young
harley R. Turner of Orlando. Fla., ^
tie 6-year-old boy, who has been her- ^
lded as one of the greatest wonders ^
f the age. The services were con- tj
ucted in the Methodist church.
The lad was accompanied by his
ither and mother, and the father,
efore the sermon, announced that
tie boy had received no training in
reaching and singing, in both of
'hich he showed a remarkable aptiade.
The father announced that
very afternoon at 4 the boy would
o to sleep, and would stay for sevral
hours in a kind of trance, as it
-ere, rolling and tossing upon the
ed. Then, when he awoke, he would
nnounce his subject for the night's
srmon. It was stated that none of
tie sermons were prepared, but that
ispiration caused the boy to speak
s he did.
Here he spoke on "Ye are the light
f the world." During the service he
>d the congregation in singing sevral
familiar hymns. ^
The Bamberg Laundry will open on J?
r about May 20th. All work will m
* first-class and guaranteed. Collars ?
ill be done up in domestic finish.
>re will thank you for your patron?e.
Terms cash. CHARLIE CHING,
roprietor.-5-21. Hi
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